[Verse 1]
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know your part’ll go fine
Fly down to Mexico
Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York
[Verse 2]
I get the news I need on the weather report
I can gather all the news I need on the weather report
Hey, I’ve got nothing to do today but smile
Da-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York
[Bridge]
Half of the time we’re gone but we don’t know where
And we don’t know where
Here I am…
Half of the time we’re gone but we don’t know where
And we don’t know where
[Verse 3]
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know that you’ve been eager to fly now
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now
Da-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da
Like it shines on me
The only living boy in New York
The only living boy in New York
“The Only Living Boy in New York” is a song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel. It is the eighth track from the American pop duo’s fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water. The song was also issued as the B-side to the duo’s “Cecilia” single.
Simon wrote this as a thinly veiled message to Art Garfunkel, referencing a specific incident where Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in the film Catch-22. Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for Bridge over Troubled Water, hence the lonely feelings of “The Only Living Boy in New York.” Simon refers to Garfunkel in the song as “Tom”, alluding to their early days when they were called Tom and Jerry, and encourages him to “let your honesty shine . . . like it shines on me”.[1] The background vocals feature both Garfunkel and Simon recorded together in an echo chamber, multi-tracked around eight times.[2]
Music video by Simon & Garfunkel performing The Only Living Boy in New York (Audio). (C) 2017 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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